Industry responds to COVID-19, changing market conditions

March 20, 2020
Category: Today's Takeaway

Forest companies are taking steps to protect their employees, respond to changing market conditions. Here are the headlines:

  • West Fraser to temporarily curtail production, defer capital expenditures
  • Tolko doesn’t foresee closures, layoffs based on the current situation
  • Interfor cuts production and staff at Grand Forks, Castlegar mills
  • Pinnacle makes plans in case supply of sawmill residual fibre is reduced
  • Port Hawkesbury Paper wood delivery curtailments add to Nova Scotia’s woes
  • Georgia Pacific increases toilet paper shipments by 20%
  • Oregon pulp and paper industry seeks “essential business designation” to stay open
  • US Building Supplier Dealers seek “essential service” classification to stay open
  • Sun Paper officially terminates Arkansas paper mill project
  • New Zealand offers relief package for forest workers hurt by COVID-19

In other news: Ontario and Oregon shutter their parks; Project Learning Tree works online and four more forest industry conferences are put on hold.

Finally, US toilet paper caper is a reminder of Johnny Carson’s Fake News faux-pas.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor

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